One of the worst parts about the coronavirus pandemic may be the way the vague symptoms of COVID-19 play tricks on your mind, experts say. The CDC's new coronavirus self-checker may help ease your mind and steer you toward any necessary medical help.
FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 -- You went jogging and developed a cough. You did some yard work and now you're wheezing. Maybe your throat is scratchy.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted aself-checker on its website that might ease your mind and steer you toward any medical help you might need.
are very mild," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Baltimore."You're going to have people who don't know what to do."The web tool first asks if you are ill or caring for someone who's ill, and where you are located. It gathers basic information such as age and gender.
The tool asks whether you have any of the symptoms directly linked to COVID-19 -- fever, shortness of breath, cough -- and whether you live in or work at a long-term care facility, nursing home, hospital or medical-related office or service.Finally, it asks you if you have any chronic illnesses that could put you at high risk of death following coronavirus infection, including lung disease, heart failure, kidney failure or extreme obesity.
The CDC tool could, among other things, relieve some of the stress that health care systems are now under and prevent further transmission of the coronavirus.
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